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Claude Monet's Meules (1890), the grainstack canvas signed and dated '91 that sold at Sotheby's New York on May 14, 2019 for $110.7 million — two haystacks against a sunset sky at Giverny

Meules (Haystacks)

Maker
Claude Monet
Year
1890
Rank
4 of 100

Meules (Haystacks)

Meules (Haystacks) by Claude Monet (1890) is ranked 4 in the FLOAT 100 for Fine art. It sold for $110,747,000 on 14 May 2019. First Impressionist work to cross $100M at auction; flagship Monet trophy.

What is it, and why is it in the FLOAT 100?

First Impressionist work to cross $100M at auction; flagship Monet trophy.

Oil on canvas, 72.7 x 92.6 cm (unique, from the Haystacks series)

What is the best-sourced number for it?

Figure
$110,747,000
Kind
Realized at auction
Date
14 May 2019

Sotheby's New York Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale, total incl. premium, native USD

This is a realized sale. Somebody paid it. Source.

How this is made

The figure
One reference price, taken from a named public source and shown with its own kind. FLOAT does not average it with anything or adjust it for time.
Realized or not
A realized price is a completed sale. A market asking price and a price-guide value are not sales, and are labeled as such wherever they appear.
Why no grade ladder
Most FLOAT 100 entries are individual objects. There is one of this, so there is no population and no spread across grades to show.
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